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Meanings of igneous rock in English

Russian
магматическая порода
Portuguese
rochas ígneas
Spanish
ígneo
Catalan
ígnia
Wikidata

One of the three main rock types; formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

магматическая порода
Synonyms
Examples for "magmatic rock"
Examples for "magmatic rock"
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Holocrystalline plutonic igneous rocks composed essentially of hornblende are known as hornblendites.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
An interesting and orderly petrological sequence of Tertiary igneous rocks has been determined.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
3
I hate it when my igneous rocks are even touched.
The new yorker
4
Only igneous rocks provide radioactive clocks, but fossils are almost never found in igneous rock.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
5
Ancient igneous rocks such as granite lie intricately mingled with old and highly metamorphosed sediments.
The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
Usage of igneous rock in English
1
Their gaseous foundation there would be as firm as igneous rock here.
Ancient and Modern Physics
2
It was built on an elevated mass of igneous rock several miles wide.
Anathem
3
Upon the shore he found an out-cropping of brittle, igneous rock.
The Beasts of Tarzan
4
The rock has been derived by dynamic metamorphism from a basic igneous rock.
The Long Labrador Trail
5
Maybe busting up through igneous rock was all in a day's work for them.
Coalition's End
6
They are composed of a kind of igneous rock not found anywhere near Wiltshire.
Wanderings in Wessex / An Exploration of the Southern Realm from...
7
Mt Roraima has a base of igneous rock, with cemented sandstone layers on top.
News.com.au
8
The sand in the bed of the river contains very minute particles of igneous rock.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
9
The remainder of the well passes through igneous rock.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
10
Kimberlite is an igneous rock which sometimes contains diamonds.
The Irish Times
11
Then the crack of my skull against igneous rock.
Fatal Voyage
12
Reverse a portion, and give an igneous rock.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878
13
The nucleus of igneous rock is four miles in diameter and more than a mile in depth.
The Elements of Geology
14
Far below, a river carved igneous rock.
Speaking in Bones
15
The rock has probably been derived by dynamic metamorphism, from a coarse igneous rock like a gabbro.
The Long Labrador Trail
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This is all igneous rock, mostly granite.
Four-Day Planet